Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2015, 11:02 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas; Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2015, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shelby County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 24, 10:15 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 10:15 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1015 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 .UPDATE... TORNADO WATCH 105 NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM. CONVECTION STILL FIRING ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S SOUTH OF THE FRONT...PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO SUPPORT DISCREET STORMS WITH BOWING FEATURES ALONG THE FRONT. UPDATE ALREADY OUT. /05/ .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 69 89 64 89 / 60 20 0 10 MLU 70 87 66 87 / 60 30 10 10 DEQ 59 86 51 85 / 80 10 0 10 TXK 65 87 60 85 / 80 10 0 10 ELD 68 85 60 84 / 60 20 0 10 TYR 66 89 63 88 / 60 10 0 10 GGG 65 88 63 88 / 60 10 0 10 LFK 70 89 65 89 / 60 30 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 10:47 AM CDT, 12 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1047 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP- MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK- PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- 1047 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY WILL LIKELY INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING THIS WAY FROM CENTRAL TEXAS AND A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL BE THE KEY INGREDIENTS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF SUPERCELLS ARE ALLOWED TO FORM AND IF ANY OF THESE CAN BECOME DISCRETE. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLY TOTALING ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS STRONG TO SEVERE...WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL DRIFT EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AS A COLD FRONT BACK DOORS INTO THE AREA AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ONCE THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST...RAINS COME TO AN END...AND REMAINS DRY THROUGH LATE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:18 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1018 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E BRADLEY 33.10N 93.57W
04/24/2015 LAFAYETTE AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE DOWN. CAR RAN INTO IT AND PEOPLE TRAPPED. FIRE
DEPT ON SCENE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1500360
10Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:35 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1035 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S FOUKE 33.19N 93.89W
04/24/2015 MILLER AR AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY 1 MILE SOUTH OF
SULPHUR RIVER ON HWY 71 SOUTH
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1500361
MMAYEAUXLocal storm report, Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1046 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1039 PM HAIL 3 E JACKSONVILLE 31.97N 95.21W
04/24/2015 E1.75 INCH CHEROKEE TX PUBLIC
RELAYED THROUGH MEDIA.
&&Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:54 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:55 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Apr 24, 11:01 PM CDT, 1 minute before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Smith, Titus, Wood | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Gregg, Morris, Smith, Titus, Upshur and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Upshur | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Marion | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola and 3 more | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk, Smith | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Smith | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 3 days |
| Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 10 days |
| Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 9 days |
| Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Titus | 6 days |
| Apr 25, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Union | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Sabine, Winn | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Ouachita | 17 min |
| Apr 25, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Grant | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.